Ten detained under anti-terror operation in Turkey released

Turkish police last week launched a series of operations to crackdown on those with links to the terror organization PKK inside the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, or DTP, and in Kurdish non-governmental organizations.

 

Pro-Kurdish DTP members were also among those detained last week.

 

The constitutional court is currently deliberating a case demanding the closure of the DTP over its alleged links to the terror organization PKK, which launches cross-border attacks against Turkey from bases in northern Iraq. The party has 21 legislators in Turkey’s 550-seat parliament.

 

The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States. Â